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Negro Leaders In Alabama Prepare For May 3 Primary
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Eight Seminars Featured At NCM Dedication
SCLC Readies
250,000 At
Selma Meet
SELMA, Alabama—On Sat
urday, March 26, Hosea Wil
liams, chief political organizer
of the Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference, assembled
a group of leaders from
throughout the state of Ala
bama at St. Paul's CME Church,
Selma, to complete plans for
coordinating Alabama's 250,000
Negro votes for the May 3 pri
mary.
Williams, director of voter
registration and political edu
cation of the SCLC which Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., serves
as president, said, '"SCLC has
jetted Albania's Negro vote
from 100,000 to 250,000 within
a period of six months. We
have been able to register more
than 38,000 Negro voters in
Jefferson County alone within
the last ten weeks," he con
tinued.
Selma is the home of segre
gationist Jim Clark and was
the site of a recent political
rally by Gov. George Wallace
and his gubernatorial candi
date wife, Lurleen who hopes
to succeed her husband as the
state's chief executive.
According to Williams, there
are nine counties in the state
with more Negroes registered
than whites. These counties,
the SCLC reports, "are sure"
to elect Negroes to responsible
political positions. Among posi
tions Negroes will be running
for on the Democratic ticket
in these counties are: sheriff,
road commissioner, tax collec
tor, tax assessor, county coro
ner, state representative, and
state senator.
The Selma meeting was con
ducted within program outlines
of the Confederation of Ala
bama Political Organizations
(COAPO), and King's political
organizer declared representa-
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SILVER
MISS WOOD
MISS ZURAWSKI
White Youth
Wins Omega
Essay Contest
WASHINGTON, D. C. The
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
thru its executive secretary, H.
Carl Moultrie, I, announced
last week that Jack Silver, a
white youth from Denver, Colo,
won the first prize in the 1963
Essay Contest. Miss Lula Mae
Wood, Rustburg, Va., won sec
ond place honors and Miss Si
ome Zurawski, Nutley, N. J.
took honorable mention.
The contest is staged yearly,
by the fraternity, and is open
to students of all races. The
subject was, "America's Re
sponsibility for the Develop
ment of Human Talent." Silver
received SSOO and Miss Wood
S3OO. The contest is directed
by jthe Achievement Week Com
mittte, composed of O. K. Beat,
♦v. Salisbury; Richard D. Kidd,
Wilberforce, Ohio; Herbert A.
Marshall, chairman, Norfolk,
Va.: Fred W Pickett; Knox-
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VOLUMN 43 No. 14 DURHAM. N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 196« PRICE 15c
Over 300 Register In Virginia
Massive Registration Drive
CITED BY ALPHA KAPPA
Sorority for Meritorious Serv
ice in Human Relations—Loft
to right: Councilman John Win
ters, the Reverend W. W. Fln
School Boards Urged To
Lead Way To Integration
RALEIGH—A member of the
Durham City School Board told
a group of North Carolina edu
cators Saturday that it is the
responsibility of school boards
"to make sure that the pupils
and teachers are being prepar
ed to live in an integrated so
ciety which is inevitable if
free men are to inhabit this
globe."
Addressing persons in atten
dance at a Training Institute
for Superintendents and As
sistant Superintendents of N.
C. School Systems at St. Aug
ustine's College, Raleigh, Dr.
Theodore R. Speigner said
school board should take steps
to guarantee "equal education
al opportunities for all chil
dren."
Teachers, he added, should
be enlightened to know the
Judges Decision Awaited
In Springfield Mass. Suit
Suppression of
Demonstrations
Hangs In Air
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—After
eight days of hearing conflict
ing testimony of 40 witnesses
and the sometimes acrimoni
ous arguments of opposing
counsel, Superior Court Judge
Edward J. DeSaulnier reserved
decision In the NAACP suit to
enjoin city official* from sup
pressing peaceable demonstra
tions.
At the conclusion of the trial
here on March 23, Judge De-
Saulnier gave the counsel ten
days in which to file additional
briefs.
The case, believed to be the
first of its kind in the North,
stems from the city's attempt
last August to suppress dem
onstrations protesting police
brutality. s fire than 90 per
sons were arrested and held
' for trial for participating in the
demonstrations. The suit seeks
to enjoin future repressive
measures by city officials and
to clear the docket of the pend
ing cases on the ground that
the demonstrators' constitu
tional rights were violated.
Named as defendants in the
suit are Mayor C. V. Ryan, Jr.,
Police Chief John F. Lyons and
members of the Police Com
mission. In the trial which be
ean on Mrach 14, these offi
cials were represented by City
Solicitor John T. Quirk.
lator, Mrs. Baatriea Anderson,
and Dr. Marguerite M. Adams,
all of Raleigh, who ware pre
sented plaques by Mrs. Mlnetta
Eaton (at right) during the 13th
DR. SPEIGNER
contributions made to our so
ciety by all its ethnic and ra-
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BANQUET PARTICIPANTS
Principal ipNkir for the ban
quet last Tuesday evening giv
en at the Holiday Inn, honor
ing the Hillside High School
varsity basketball team, was
Dr. W. T. Armstrong, commlt
eionar of the N. C. High School
Commissioner Addresses HHS Cage Banquet
Dr. W. T. Armstrong invited
the Hillside High varsity bas
ketball players to accept as a
challenge three words duty,
honor and country in his ad
dress at the Hillside varsity
basketball banquet held Tues
day night in the Banquet Room
Annual Mid-Atlantic Raatonal
Conference of the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, which convened
March 18, 19, 20. at th« Sir Wal.
ter Motor Htotei. (sea story)
MRS. W. LEWIS
IN WHO'S WHO
AMER. WOMEN
Mrs. Willia W. Lewis
peared in the fourth publica
tion edition of "Who's Who of
American Women." Mrs. Lewis
is an assistant professor of
physical education at North
Carolina College. She received
her undergraduate degree at
Huston-Tillotson College, Aus
tin, Texas; her master's degree
work was done at Boston Uni
versity, Boston, Massachusetts.
She has done further work at
the University of North Caro
lina and Ohio State University.
She has been the recipient of
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Athletic Conference. Dr. Arm
strong, a resident of Rocky
Mount, is shewn chatting with
officials of Liberal Credit Co.
of Durham, sponsor of the ban
quet and school offiiials dur
ing the affair. From left to
right are Carl Easterling, Hill
at the Downtown Holiday Inn.
This fete honoring the state 4-A
runners-up was sponsored by
Liberal Credit Company of
Durham.
Some 50 people of the Hill
side athletic community and
the officials of the Liberal
Treasurer Says
No Poll Tax
Receipts Left
LAWRENCEVILLE, Va.
For want of a horse, 'tis writ
ten, a kingdom was lost. Well,
for want of sufficient official
poll tax receipts, of all things
in this state, a massive voter
registration effort was partially
aborted here Saturday, March
26, when 500 Lawrenceville and
Brunswick County Negroes
went to the local courthouse
building in the climax of an
intensive week-long campaign
spearheaded by 25 white stu
dents from five northern and
mid-western colleges who gave
up most of their spring vaca
tions for the project.
In a six and one half-hour
period, however, over 300 of
the Negroes did register at the
office of Registrar J. C. Lucy,
Jr. In this arch-segregationist
Southside Virginia "Black
Blet," locale of Ku Klux Klan
intensified activity recently,
there was only one known in
cident.
That involved Stanley Char
ette, Ft. Covington, N. Y., the
first white student formally en
rolled at Saint Paul's College,
here, and Brunswick County
Sheriff William Earl Hill.
Charette reported that in
mid-morning Saturday he was
escorting would-be voters to
the third-floor office of the
registrar when he encountered
Sheriff Hill. According to Char
ette, the county's top police
man challenged him by saying,
"You have no business in here
with the sign on your back."
Get the hell out of here."
Thereupon, says Charette, the
officer twice pushed him down
the steps.
The coordinator of the voter
registration project inthe area,
the Rev. William L. Engliand,
Protestant chaplain at Boston
(Mass.) University, said Friday
evening that 1100 town and
county Negroes had pledged
that they would register Satur
nay or soon as possibl* there
after.
Verse of the Week: Age is
something that should be put
aside, and enjoyed after des
sert has been served.
tldo coach; John Lutx, presi
dent of tho Llboral Crodlt Co.,
Dr. Armstrong, J. H. Lueat.
principal of Hlllildo and Thur
man Ruth, amployta of the
Company.
—Photo by Nat Porafoy
Credit Company gathered for
the hour and a half affair.
Dr. Armstrong, who hag been
the commissioner of the North
Carolina High School Athletic
Conference since its origina
tion was applaude by the group
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ZION MEET IN SO. AMERICA
—These are persons who at
tended the welcome program
Of the 52nd session of the Brit
ish Guiana Conference, A. M.
E. Zion Church, held in George
Leaders From Many Fields
Heard At NCM Home Office
Dr. Joseph Himes to Lecture
At University In India 1966-67
Dr. Joseph S. Himes, chair
man of the Department of So
r:ology at North Carolina Col
lege, has been appointed a Ful
hright lecturer in sociology at
Madras University, India, for
the 1966-67 school year.
To lecture on methodology
and sociological theory, he will
begin his assignment on Aug.
1, 1966 and will complete it
on about May 1, 1967.
Himes, who was a Fulbright
lecturer at the University of
'Helsinki, ! Finland, i , 1961-62,
has been on the NCC faculty
since 1946. Holder of A.B. and
M.A. degrees from Oberlin Col
lege and the Ph.D. from the
Ohio State University, he has
taught also at Shorter College,
Little Rock, Ark., and Houston
College, Austin, Tex. He is cur
rently president of the South
ern Sociological Society.
He will be accompanied to
Father St. Joseph's Pastor
To Conduct Holy Week Service
Easter services at St. Jos
eph's A. M. E. Church will be
■jin Sunday, April 3. The Min
ister Rev. Philip R. Cousin will
deliver the Palm Sunday Ser
mon; Subject: "A Melody to
Remember." Music by the Sen
ior Choir. Joseph T. Mitchell
Erecting, Mrs. Minnie W. Gil
mer at the organ.
At 6 p.m. the Senior Choir
v i l'l present its traditional
Palm Sunday Recital, featuring
"xcerpts from Handel's Messi
ih, dealing with the Crucifix
ion and Resurrection of Christ.
Soloists: Mrs. Katie Smith,
Soprano, Miss Brenda Brooks,
Soprano, Mrs. Rhoda Matthews,
Mto, Eugene Eaves, Bass, Mi
chael Renod Geer, Trumpet.
Guest Oraganist: E. Massen
'iurg. Oraganist, Fred Mason.
This program is dedicated
with sincere appreciation to
Mrs. Minnie W. Gilmer in rec
ognition of her untiring and
unselfish services as organist
of St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church
Stabbed Victim's Funeral Held
Thursday at Mt. Gilead Church
The funeral of Burnis Lee
fToomer, 24, was held Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.
The eulogy was delivered by
the pastor, Dr. A. D. Mosley.
Toomer, who was allegedly
stabbed to death by his room
mate, John William Burnett
(with a kitchen knife at their
resident last Sunday night at
420 N. Roxboro Street, was a
1960 Hillside High graduate.
He **as pronounced dead on
arrival at Duke Hospital at
1:40 a.m. Sunday morning.
Burnett charged with mur
der is being held without pri
vilege of bond following a pre
liminary hearing in Recorder's
Court Tuesday morning. De-
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town, British Guiana, recently, i
L-r, Miss Alleyne Spottswood I
is showing more of her pocicet
book than her face. Alexander
Barnes, Mrs. and Mayor R. B. i
"'Gajrai, Mrs. Sarah Lou Carter I
DR. HIMES
India by his wife, Mrs. Estelle
Himes, assistant professor ot
French at NCC.
w
Ww*P% .SSL
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REV. COUSINS
for a period of thirty seven
years.
Holy Week Services will be
gin at St. Joseph's Monday,
April 4 at 7:30 P.M. Music will
be furnished by the Senior
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TOOMER
and Bishop S. G. Spottswood.
Mrs. Carter is the wife of John
Carter who has been named to
a diplomatic post in the United
States. She expects to join him
soon, in Washington.
The complete schedule of
dedicatory services for North
Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company's home office
building lias been announced
by J. W. Goodloe. vice presi
dent and secretary of the com
pany and chairman of the dedi
cation committee.
Goodloe said persons from
business and industry, govern
ment and education, commu
nications, labor, literature, the
arts, religion, and sports were
scheduled to lead a series of
eight symposiums with the
major title: "The Negro in the
American Economy."
The first was held Friday,
April 1. at 10 a m on "Busi
ness and the Professions." and
was moderated by Dr: Richard
I Ix*vin, associate professor of
management at the University
of North Carolina. The posi
tion paper was presented by
Dr. Harding B. Young, dean of
the School of Business Admini
stration, Atlanta University.
Other scheduled members of
i the panel were Dr Willis J.
Winn, dean of the Wharton
School of Finance and Com
merce, University of Pennsyl
vania; Dr. Vivian W. Hender
con, president, Clark College;
ind E. Frederick Morrow, as
sistant vice president, Bank
nf America.
\The second seminar was on
tMe Subject: Education, and
was conducted by Dr. Martin
Tenkins, president of Morgan
State College, Baltimore, Md.
The position paper was pre
sented by Dr. Floyd W. Reeves,
professor enfe'ritus, Michigan
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Linda Young
Named HHS
Hontemaker
Linda Gale Young, a member
of the 4-11 senior homsroom,
has been named Hillside High
School's 1966 Betty Crocker
Homemaker of Tomorrow. She
scored highest in a written
homemaking examination taken
by senior girls last December,
and is now eligible for state
and national honors.
The official announcement of
Miss Young's achievement was
received recently by school of
ficials after being released by
the Department of Public Rela
tions of the General Mills firm
of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Test papers of all school
Homemakers of Tomorrow in
the state are currently being
judged. The state's highest
ranking girl will receive a sl,-
500 scholarship from General
Mills, Inc., sponsor of the an
nual Betty Crocker Search for
the American Homemaker of
Tomorrow, with the state run
ner-up to be awarded a SSOO
educational grant. In addition,
the school of the State Home
maker of Tomorrow will re
ceive a complete set of the En
cyclopedia Britannica from
l3ncylclopedia Britannica, Inc.
Later this spring, the State
Homemaker of Tomorrow, to
gether with a- school advisor,
yvill join first-place winners and
advisors from each of the 50
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